I finally watched Persuasion on Netflix
I decided to give it a try after I found out that Cosmo Jarvis was going to be playing Captain Wentworth.
This is the first movie I have seen Dakota Johnson in and good God... she cannot act. At all. The girl only has a single facial expression and it's actually more painful to watch when she's seriosly trying, like when she was reading Wentworth's letter. Barf.
Watching her "act" next to Cosmo Jarvis was like they were on two different planets entirely. The way Johnson had this iresome half-smirk on her face the entire time he was delivering his lines was so irksome. As was the whole breaking the 4th wall thing. I think these modern actresses are too self-absorbed to play Austen's female characters, as they are written, instead of their own self-insert girl boss OC's.
Every other actor's talent was completely wasted with Johnson as their scene partner. What I did like was how Sir Elliot was portrayed as this massive pompous narcissist. I also liked Louisa' and Elizabeth's performances. They were just brilliant.
So it was really thanks to all these other actor's and actresses' performances that I was able to get through the whole movie. Definitely NOT watching anything starring Dakota Johnson again though.